Tinstafl
No longer a newbie, moving up!
- Joined
- Dec 14, 2007
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- Valley of Virginia and RVA
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Asd an economist this chart says that the market is shrinking and that we will lose a brand in a short while if the trend continues. We just had Olympus make that move. It will soon be Nikons turn I figure. The chart indicates that there is not enough sales to support all the manufacturers and the R&D they have to do to continue to innovate. IF they do not innovate we will not upgrade and the stretches the replacement cycle out even further. As it is now I do not upgrade every new model that comes out. There has to be a reason and something it does much better than what I have now. Mirrorless has added to the new sales as people start to adopt them but once they have one how many will purchase a new body without a major change in DR or High ISO or Focus ability. The thing is we are also forgetting is the AI in editing. That will make those who use a smartphone able to do a lot more. It is like the typewriter here. They used to be manual then they went electric and then they added a bit of memory so you could save your document as you typed and if you had an error instead of white out you could type a new page with a finger touch. Now who has one on their desk any longer. Nobody really. The DSLR is dying for mirrorless as Film died for Digital and now the whole industry is in a down trend and soon it will be as Nikon is focusing on, the high end only.